Combination illuminated telephone stand and memo pad and pencil



March 9, 1948- s. J. BEITCH ET AL COMBINATION ILLUMINATED TELEPHONE STAND AND MEMO PAD AND PENCIL Filed NOV. 50, 1945 rigiijii' INVENTORS BEITCH 50L J. SAMULL Fma.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, i948 COIMBINATION ILLUMINATED TELEPHONE STAND AND MEMO PAD AND PENCIL Sol J. Beitch and Samuel Fine, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 30, 1945, Serial No. 631,836

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates we combination telephone stand, memorandum pad holder and night light.

Broadly, it is an object of our invention to prowriting pad.

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vide a device havinga base for retaining a tele- 5 phone, a holder for memorandum sheets, a recess which permits the light from bulb l6 to illumifor a pencil and a light which illuminates the telenate the, dial of the telephone. In the central phone dial and simultaneously illuminates the portion of the device there is a compartment I! which has a removable base IS, a vertical wall I9 More particularly, it is an object of our in- 10 and a sloped top 20. Top 20 has a transverse vention to provide a holder for a telephone toopening 2| over which there is attached a reflecgether with a pencil and pad, so that it will be tor 22 which reflects the light from bulb I6 downin convenient position to set down memoranda ward upon memorandum sheets 23. The vertical and other information while conversing on the wall 19 is perforated with a series of holes 24 telephone and have suflicient light for writing which aid in keeping the compartment ll cool, and for dialing telephone numbers. permitting a circulation of air therethrough. An

Heretofore, telephone stands have been made electric base socket 25 is attached to the removin combination with memo pads, however, such able base l8 for housing the bulb l6. Electric devices lacked ample light both for dialing and wires 26 and 21 are connected to contacts on the setting down data, especially during the night base socket and lead to a source of current for time when the room containing the telephone is illuminating bulb16. Electric wires 28 and 29 are also connected with the wires and base socket Statistics show that a great many accidents 25 leading to a switch 30 permitting t e lightv are caused when the telephone bell rings during bulb I6 to be manually turned on and oiT. The the night and the person is in a hurry to answer 25 sloped top 20 also has a transverse opening 3| the telephone, since there is usually no light in which communicates with the top opening [5 of the room. We have, therefore, provided a night the front wall l4, thus enlarging the opening to light for the telephone which gives sufiicient permit greater illumination of the telephone dial. light so that articles of furniture and other ob- A comp rtment 3 is provid h v n a base jects will be visible in a room at night, at the 30 33 and a sloped hingeable top 34, hingeable at same time casting sufficient light upon the telethe top with hinge 35. Attached to the hingeable phone dial and the memo pad so that no additop 34 is a shallow compartment 36 for receiving tional illumination need be added, either for dialloose memorandum sheets 23. Compartment 36 ing, making memoranda or for night light pur-- is comprised of a base 38 and opposed walls 3939. Compartment 36 has a top opening 40 A still further object of the invention is to prowhich is wider at the upper portion as shown at vide a combination telephone .stand, pad holder, 4| to P t t e oran sheets to be Withpencil holder and night light which-is compact drawn from compartment 36. Compartment 32 and of comparatively simple and economic manucan be used to store extra sheets of paper or Writ- 49 ten memo sheets, or any other small articles that For a fuller understanding of the nature and may be of advantage ar a t p oneobjects of our invention, reference is had to the At the base of p m nt 32 i a front memfollowing detailed description in connection with ber 42 having a groove 43 for receiving a pencil, the accompanying drawings, in which: a pen or the like, which can be conveniently at- Figure 1 is a top view of our device with a 45 tached to a loop 44 by a string so that a pencil or portion broken away to show the light within the other Writing implement w ys be v able for use near the telephone. Figure 2 is a, section taken through line 2-2 of Below base [0 there are transverse members 46 which act to support base [0, since the telephone Figure 3 is a bottom view taken along line I-I 50 instrument is rather heavy, and permit the electric wire 26 to be drawn through openings in Figure 4 is a side view in reduced scale showing members 46 thus hiding the telephone lead wires a telephone housed within the device in dotted to the electric bulb l6 and preventing any unlines, and showing the extent of the illumination necessary wear upon the wire 26. Notches 41 and both for the dial and for the memo pad.

Referring to the drawings, numeral I6 represents a base upon which the base of the telephone is set. This base is surrounded by an upright I I and opposed sides I 2 and I3. VA front wall 14 has an'opening l5 at the upper portion thereof 48 are provided at the side wall l2 and back wall 3 ll, if desired, so that the telephone base may be eased out of the receptacle of our device should it be necessary.

It will thus be seen that by turning the switch 30 before going to bed the light bulb it will act as a night light during the night and is used for dialing telephone numbers and making memo notes-without the necessity of switching on any other light in the room. 7

While we have shown and described a pre ferred construction of our invention, it should be distinctly understood that we do not desire to be limited to the specific details shown but such details may be varied and modified without departing from the spirit of our invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

A combined telephone stand, night light, f memorandum pad holder and writing instrument receptacle comprising a ,base for said telephone, a back and sides for said base preventing said telephone from shifting from said base, an upright wall at the front of said :base, saidupright wall having an opening at the top thereof, strengthening transverse members for said base having openings therein for electricwires, a central com- 'partment, said compartment having a removable base, opposed walls, a top, transverse openings in said top, an electric socket attached to said 4 base, an electric bulb for said socket, an electric switch for turning said bulb on and off, electric lead wires from said switch to said socket, elec tric wires from said socket to a source of current, a reflector attached to said top above one of said openings for reflecting the rays from said bulb downward, a storage compartment comprising a perforated wall, a base and a hingeable top, said top having a shallow storage compartment for memo sheets, an opening in said top to provide light upon said memo sheets and for withdrawing same, a front grooved member for receiving a writing implement, whereby when said switch is turned on said bulb will act as a night light and cast its rays upward upon the dial of the telephone and downward upon said hingeable top to provide illumination for writing.

SOL J. BEITCH. SAMUEL FINE.

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